- A new study focuses on former emergency room (ER) patients with symptoms like chest pain.
- After leaving the ER, sedentary behavior was linked with a higher risk of cardiac events.
- But replacing sedentary behavior with sleep or exercise reduced the risk.
Mounting research supports the notion that the more sedentary time you rack up, the higher your risk of disease, including dementia. Too much sitting may even shorten your lifespan. Sedentary behavior has also been linked to a higher risk of heart disease, the number one cause of death in the U.S.
Each year, more than 11 million people visit emergency rooms across the country with chest pain, and around 65% of them are admitted to the hospital. That makes up a quarter of all hospital admissions from the ER. But even though heart disease is the top cause of death in…